The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-19
"Farmers' Review" Reports.
Weather Continues Favorable for
Ripening Of Late Corn.
Rain Badly Needed In Many Sections
for Fall Feed and PlowlRg.
Condition OF Cereals In All the
Middle States.
weather Crop Bulletin Issued by
the signal once Rainfall,
Temperature-Gea-
eral Remarks

WAsHISaroS, September IS The
following Is the weather crop bulletin
issued by the s'ensl Office for the
week ended September II, 1887:
"Trmpernture-During the week
ending September l7th The weather
has been colder than usual from Ds-
kota eastward over the lake region TO
Now Eueland, tho daily average tenn
pera,ure being 10 10 50 below the nor
NAL. It HIS been warmer than usual
from the Gulf States TO the Ohio VAL
10y and interior OF the South Atlantic
States. the daily average temperature
being from 50 10 % above the normal.
For the Sacramento Valley, Caliiornis,
the daily average temperature 10 from
50 to % above the normal. The daily
average temperature for the season,
from July lat 10 September l7.h, has
been In elcess from the Ohio Valley,
Tennessee, and interior ol Gulf
statee westward 10 the Rocky mount
aims, the daily average excess ranging
from less than 10 to about A.. The
seasonal iempofa ure has generally
been deficient In the South Atlantic
States aud the upper lake region, the
daily average deficiency being about
L., excepting along Lake Superior,
where Il VARIES from q 10 g below the
average.
Rainfall During the week the rain.
fall has very generally been eightly
bslow the average, east OF the ROCKY
mountains, the greatest deficiency
being ovar one Inch along the south
Atlantic ooaet. In the middle Allan.
tic States II has been alightly above
the ayerago rainfall. The large ssaBon'
al deficiency, exces ding ten inches
continu,s throughout the lower Mis-
siesippi valley ami tho greater portions
Of Illinois and Iowa. Daring the pasl
month over 100 per cent. of the usual
amount oi rain has fallen In portions
Of New England, the lower lake 70.
sion, Western North Carolina aud the
Missouri valley, while less than 30 pei
cent. OF the usual amount has fallen
alorg the south Atlantic and eastern
Gull States, lower Mississippi valley
Ohio valley aud the larger portion oi
Illinois and Eastern Missouri. In ths
tobacco region Of Tennessee, about q
per cent. OF the usuel amN N
has fallen during tho r.
while In that Of Kentucky, o tl
. diana and Illinois from 10
, cent. Of the usual amount y
Reports from Mipsisyip
that the weather hss bean .
abIo during tho past vSt
enough rainfall, and the
will fall short. From 1e.'
ports state that cotton 10
idly. From North Carolin
Carolina the westher isl,
favorable for cotton picking
/, 10 reported from NJ
that the crops have bt,
vested and conditions
bic for thfeshing; irJm J.
hot winds In the sDuthweat po
jured late crops, elsewhere ..
iittlng late crops; from
weather favorable 10 ps
wheat seeding, except In
tion; Ion lllnois, seedlnS
ing, but revived pas,u 90
ing; from Indiana. pastuf,
and wells dryi from OH
for crops; from Tennessc
serious, plowins stopped; irg
Caroline and New Jersey, We
yorable for crops; from Mas,ao
weather continues favorable, q.
potatoes rotting.
Killing irosta have occurred dn VI
the past week in the larger portions q
Dakota and Mime ota, northern por
tions Of Wisconsin and Michigan
northeast portion Of New York an'
Northern Ysrmont, and light iroets u
Wyoming, Southern Dakota, Northern
Nebraska, Southern Michigan, Cen
tral New York and the greater portion
OF NJ sins.